Cruller-frying frame.



No. 747,700. P-A'TBNTED DEC. .22, 1903.

' H. GRIMM.

GRULLER FRYING FRAME. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1903.

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* nmmllmlmmmm UNITED STATES Patented December 22 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY GRIMM, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AUGUSTGRIMM, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CR ULLER-FRYING FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,700, dated December3- Application filed July 11, 1903. Serial No. 165,042. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY GRIMM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City,

in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cruller-Frying Frames,

of which the following is a specification.

. prisinga wire base-frame,a bail-wire attached to said frame, hingedauxiliary wire frames, and means for raising or lowering said hingedauxiliary wire frames; and the invention consists, further, ofstationary intersecting bails attached to said base-frame, a transverseshaft hinged to one of said wire bails, in-

wardly-projecting lugs on the other wire bail,

auxiliary wire frames hinged to said shafts, connecting-rods attached tosaid hinged wire frames, and a locking device for the connecting-rods soas to hold the hinged wire frames in any desired position. 30

The invention consists, further, of certain details of construction,which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved cruller-frying frame shown as removed from thecruller-kettle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the frame, showing theretaining-frames in raised position for the removal of thefinishedcrullers. Fig. 3is also a sideelevation showing the hinged wireframes in position for;

holding the crullers submerged in the grease; and Fig. 4 is a plan view,partly in horizontal section, on line 4 4, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate correthey are sufficiently fried,whereupon the sponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents b, constructed in the usualmanner of concentric wires to, which are connected by diametrioal stays8. To the base-frame b are attached at four points two bail-wires d d,that intercross each other at right angles and are tied together at thepoint of intersection at their upper ends. One of the bailwires d isprovided with inwardly-bent lugs (1 which serve for supporting twoauxiliary wire frames ff, of semicircular shape, that are hinged to atransverse shaft e. The shaft is movable in the disks 6', which aresoldered to the transverse bail-wire d. The hinged semicircularframe-sections f f are connected by means of eyes f f with the' shaft e'and are placed in raised position by means of two converging wires g,which are pivoted at their lower ends to the hinged wire frames ff. andretainedv at opposite sides of the bailwire of by means of a link g. Theupper ends of the connecting wire rods 9 are provided with eyes 9through which is passed a ring r, that serves for raising the hingedwire'frames ff when filling the frame with crullers and for lowering thehinged wire frames ff for submerging the crullers in the grease in thecruller-kettle andagainraising the hinged wire frames when emptying thecruller-frame of the finished crullers.

- Instead of filling the frame with crullers before submersion thecrullers may be dropped into the kettle after the frame, with openedauxiliary wire frames f f, has been. placed therein. When a suflicientnumber has been placed in the same, the locking-link is released fromthe connecting-rod and the aux- 'iliary wire frames f f pushed indownward direction, so as to hold the crullers between the bottom frameandthe hinged frames, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby the hinged framesarrive in horizontal position and rest on the inwardly-projecting lugs dof the bail-wire cl. The crullers are thus held between the stationarybottom frame and the hinged wire frames fully submerged in the greaseuntil frying-frame is lifted out ofthe kettle, with the friedcru1lers,and the hinged frames lifted into vertical position to permitthe fried crullers to be removed.

The advantages of my improved crullerfrying frame are that the crullersare held submerged in the grease during the frying action and that theycan be simultaneously lifted out of the kettle and removed from thefrying-frame, whereby the frying action is considerably facilitated andexpedited.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Acruller-fryingframe, consisting of a disk-shaped wire base-frame, a stationarybail-wire attached to said base-frame, atransverse shaft supported bysaid bail-Wire, auxiliary wire frames hinged to said shaft,connecting-rods pivoted to said hinged Wire frames, anda locking devicefor locking the connecting-rods together and holding the hinged wireframes in any desired position, substantially as set forth.

A cruller-frying frame, consisting of a wire base-frame, a bail-wireattached to said base-frame, a shaft supported by said bai1- wire,auxiliary wire frames above said basebails attached to' said base-frame,a transverse shaft hinged to one of said wire bails, inwardly-projectinglugs on the other wire bail, auxiliary wire frames hinged to saidshaft,connectingrods attached to said hinged wire frames, and a lockingdevice for the counecting-rods so as to hold. the hinged wire frames inany desired position, substantially as set forth.

5. A cruller-frying frame, consisting of a Wire base frame, stationaryintersecting bails attached to said base-frame, a transverse shafthinged to one of said wire bails, inwardly-projecting lugs on the otherwire bail, auxiliary wire frames hinged to said shaft, connecting-rodspivoted to said hinged wire frames and provided with eyes at their upperends, a wire uniting the upper ends of said connecting-rods, and alocking device for the connecting-rods so as to hold the hinged wireframes in any desired position, substantially as set forth.

6. A cruller-frying frame, consisting of a wire base-frame, a bail-wireattached to said base-frame, hinged auxiliary wire frames above saidbase-frame, and means for raising or lowering said auxiliary wireframes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY GRIMM.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, O. P. GOEPEL.

